(March 2nd, 2012) New video released shows family in panic as a massive funnel cloud looms just outside their home. Incredible up close view at 1:35 of vid of this deadly force of nature that claimed 39 lives. Video shows circulation in the sky which eventually led to the touchdown, all caught on camera close enough that you can see the debri circulating with the tornado.

Posted Mar-6-2012 By

vx1

Posted Mar-6-2012 By

Eriogonum

The thing with tornadoes is that the most severe damage is very localized. For instance, one side of the street will have roofs entirely missing while the other side of the street will have some minor siding damage or maybe no damage at all. The path of the funnel cloud is sometimes narrow.

Posted Mar-5-2012 By

rather-dashing

@rather-dashing True, until you get an EF5 like they had in Joplin Missouri last Spring. that tornado was nearly 1 mile wide for part of it's track. Fortunately for us all they are rare. There have been only 8 EF5's since February 2007 in the U.S.

Posted Mar-6-2012 By

alien_scones

Posted Mar-6-2012 By

Sisyphus1985

Amazing footage. I have to say, I think your Sister is the smart one in that bunch! LOL Glad it didn't come over your place and sorry for those who suffered the most. You may have read about the EF5 that went through Joplin Mo. last Spring. Over a Billion dollars in damages and more than 155 killed in the city. It's best to git to the cellar now!

Posted Mar-6-2012 By

wilcv1

Posted Mar-5-2012 By

somejackball

Spend minutes shrieking about getting in the basement instead of getting in your car and calmly driving away. Monitor the time in these vids people stand around freaking out. You could calmly get in your car and drive away @ 25mph to complete safety in almost every one of them.

I know they say not to do that but nothing will ever convince me that rule is good for anyone but hysterical shrieking people like the woman in this video. I'm getting in my car and driving the fuck away if I think it'More..s going to hit me.Less..

Posted Mar-6-2012 By

altron64

That is a very bad place to try to run away in a car - the area is hilly, you can't see when the tornado changes its path. Second, all of the roads are lined by trees - winds can be very strong a good distance from a tornado, causing large branches and/or power lines to fall across the road - trapping you in one place and leaving you absolutely exposed and vulnerable to being killed.

Posted Mar-6-2012 By

wilcv1

@wilcv1 I disagree. Not in daylight that area isn't even remotely hilly enough to lose track of something a thousand feet in the sky. Second trees are often next to houses too so it's a moot point. The odds of a Tornado following you in the exact direction you are going with no way to change your own direction are low. Tornado chasers and tour groups drive around tornadoes constantly but if you actually live in the area you are just supposed to sit there and get hit. Not buying it at all.

Posted Mar-6-2012 By

wanderlone

You have a chance in your house - you have virtually zero chance of survival caught in a F3 in your car. If a tree falls next to your house while you're in your basement you are safe. If a tree falls across the road, you are stuck, you can't move forward. Tornadoes change paths, and terrified people sometimes don't properly judge the direction of a tornado - all reasons why fleeing in your car is risky, even more so when the entire road is flanked with trees (as they are here) and when you haMore..ve high ridges (as you have here) that obscure you ability to see where on the ground a tornado is located and in what direction it's traveling. Tornado chasers chase tornadoes on the high plains - where none of these things are in abundance. They, specifically, avoid the states of Kentucky and Tennessee (and Pennsylvania) because, in part, of the terrain.Less..